Editing Marengo, Iowa (section)

==Arts and culture==

===Library===
[[Image:Marengo Public Library.jpg|thumb|left|Marengo Public Library]]
The '''Marengo Public Library''' is a [[Carnegie library]], constructed in 1904–1905.  Marengo is believed to be the smallest town in the United States to have received a donation from [[Andrew Carnegie]] for the construction of a library. The Library completed a renovation and addition in May 2007.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080726170424/http://www.marengoiowa.com/library.html Marengo, Iowa, homepage (archived)], City of Marengo.  Accessed 2008-06-09.</ref>

=== Pioneer Heritage Museum ===
The '''Iowa County Historical Society''' operates the '''Pioneer Heritage Museum''', located at 675 East South St., Marengo.  The museum houses two log cabins and a farmhouse, relocated from other sites in the area; and displays of farm implements, household artifacts, clothing and military history items from local residents.[[File:1861 Log Cabin.jpg|thumb|left|Pioneer Heritage Museum - 1861 Log Cabin]]  It has a Chicago Rock Island RR depot relocated from [[Victor, Iowa]] and a [[1930s]] filling station relocated from [[Hartwick, Iowa]].<ref>[http://iagenweb.org/iowa/research/ICHS.htm Iowa County Historical Society]</ref>
[[File:Pioneer Heritage Museum - filling station.jpg|thumb|Pioneer Heritage Museum - Sinclair Station]]

=== Rolle Bolle Courts ===
Marengo's [[Rolle Bolle]] courts are located at the intersection of Marengo Avenue and E May Street, Marengo.[[File:Marengo Rolle Bolle Courts.jpg|thumb|250px|Rolle Bolle Courts, Marengo, Iowa]] The traditional yard game (known as '''krulbollen''' in Belgium) was brought to the area by Belgian immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Servants of the land : God, family, and farm: the trinity of Belgian economic folkways in southwestern Minnesota|last=Amato, Joseph Anthony.|date=1990|publisher=Crossings Press|isbn=0-9614119-2-9|location=Longmont, Colo.|oclc=24039158}}</ref> It is played by many local residents as well as by people in the neighboring towns of [[Victor, Iowa|Victor]], [[Clutier, Iowa|Clutier]], [[Belle Plaine, Iowa|Belle Plaine]], [[Ladora, Iowa|Ladora]], and [[Blairstown, Iowa|Blairstown]].